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As Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life nears production, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network signs on as a broadcaster of this fascinating documentary. CineFocus Canada is proud to now have four Canadian broadcasters on board and wishes to thank CHUM Television’s Bravo!, the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN), Knowledge Network in British Columbia and now APTN for their support. With domestic broadcasters in place, CineFocus Canada will now focus on North American and World broadcasting rights. Joan Prowse, producer and director of Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life will be attending the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF) at this year’s Hot Docs on April 27th-28th to discuss international broadcasting rights with broadcasters and commissioning editors from around the world.

CineFocus Canada is planning to kick of production for the documentary at this year’s JUNO awards to film Buffy’s appearance at the Songwriters Circle where she will join host Burton Cummings and some of Canada's top songwriters on stage to share their songs and stories. Buffy is no stranger to the JUNOs – in 1995, she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and helped establish the "Music of Aboriginal Canada" category. Buffy’s song Universal Soldier was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame this past February.

In other news, CBC’s radio show 50 Tracks hosted by Jian Ghomeshi had viewers participate in coming up with a list of the 50 most important Canadian pop songs. A panel of celebrities and pop culture specialists nominated their choices and Buffy Sainte-Marie’s powerful anti-war ballad Universal Soldier is in the top ten of the selected hits. Listeners have been voting online to ultimately decide which song will be #1. Be sure to tune in on Saturday March 26th at 1:00 p.m. (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio One and 7:00 p.m. (8:00 AT, 8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two to hear the 50 Tracks countdown

CineFocus Canada has announced the season two premiere of their show Green Heroes™ on TVO Tuesday, June 11. Tonight, Green Heroes™ will kick off Season 2 with the full season line-up to come throughout the months of June and July, starting with “Biting in